Thank you to all who took part in the recent consultation! In spite of the rain, we got 88 people to comment this time around. There are now 3 who support, and 357 objections to OCC’s plans for Bertie Park. Any homes built on Bertie Park have to be safe from flooding now and inContinue reading “Bertie Park gives OCC a headache!”
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No idea when Bertie Park will go to planning!
OX place is the council-owned developer who wants to build on Bertie Park. They want to build a 250m path on the land behind Wytham Street to compensate us for our loss. To access it they need to build a new bridge across the Redbridge Stream. The Environment Agency first objected to OX Place’s bridgeContinue reading “No idea when Bertie Park will go to planning!”
What Oxford City Council have said…
* OCC have twice said there’ll be another consultation before Bertie Park goes to planning. Now they say there won’t, because their plans haven’t changed. * When notices went up around Bertie Park in 2024, they said the development did not follow the local plan: Now they say it does. * OCC say their drawingsContinue reading “What Oxford City Council have said…”
Why everyone in Oxford should care about Bertie Park
OCC are working on their new “2042” local plan. They want to lump recreation grounds in with “Green Infrastructure.” Nature is the priority. The “potential for recreation and movement should also be considered” … Green Infrastructure does not have to be “overly designed or dominated by fixed equipment”… It could have “wild areas and facilitiesContinue reading “Why everyone in Oxford should care about Bertie Park”
Bertie Park Update
The only time we find out anything new is when we talk to council. So that’s what we did! (Full version on OCC’s youtube channel) What OCC Councillor Chapman said (full version here): A reminder: the only time OCC asked about play equipment, they questioned school-age children, but specified stuff for toddlers.
Should OCC build on Bertie Park?
Anna Railton says that Bertie Park will to go planning committee under the existing local plan. But OCC are consulting on the new ‘2042’ local plan NOW. You and any other member of your family can comment before August 8th. A short consultation only lists the sites, the long one click here lets you commentContinue reading “Should OCC build on Bertie Park?”
We are still at it!
Bertie Park is still busy. OCC have nearly finished cleaning the surface, so we will have a new look soon. The photograph below shows spring on the park: Last October, Oxford City council appropriated the land on Bertie Park. This means that IF OCC get planning permission, they can build on Bertie. But they DON’TContinue reading “We are still at it!”
Bertie development could make flooding worse
If OCC build on Bertie Park Recreation Ground there’ll be no space for free play, nowhere for basketball or football and a much smaller play area. The compensation is a 250m path on land behind Wytham Street which Thames Valley Police say isn’t suitable for unaccompanied children. We already have a bridge. OCC want toContinue reading “Bertie development could make flooding worse”
Working class communities don’t need recreation grounds …
OCC have appropriated Bertie Park. The law says a “council may appropriate … land which … is no longer required for the purpose for which it is held immediately before the appropriation.” But case law says the council can take “a broad view of local needs.” OCC say that the need for social housing inContinue reading “Working class communities don’t need recreation grounds …”
Oxford City Council don’t care
Oxford City Council wants to “grow” Oxford. It will create way more jobs than homes. Surrounding authorities have to build homes for the people who work in Oxford. And so OCC has to build on every single site on the local plan. Bertie Park is on the local plan. OCC say that social housing isContinue reading “Oxford City Council don’t care”
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